Bill Barrow has a report in the Times-Picayune about Louisiana being ranked number 1 in a national study of ethics disclosure requirements for state lawmakers in a conducted by The Center for Public Integrity. However, the story points out that the ability to enforce the new requirements may have been weakened because of the additional workload this creates for the state Ethics board.From the article:
The group's release cited concerns voiced by the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana that the new laws weakened the enforcement standards in the state and increased the responsibilities of the state Ethics Board beyond its capacity. The Center for Public Integrity does not take those factors into consideration on the 43-question survey used to compile its rankings.Read more here.
[[UPDATE: Now the state of Washington is weighing in on the issue since we knocked them out of the #1 spot. Here's an article in The Olympian from their point of view.]]
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